Titre :	Environmental physiology of animals
Type de document :	livre
Auteurs :	Willmer, P. ; Stone, G. ; Johnston, I.A.
Mention d'édition :	02 éd.
Editeur :	Malden : Blackwell
Année de publication :	2005
Importance :	754 p.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-1-4051-0724-2
Note générale :	Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Adaptation  Animal physiology  Ecophysiology  Habitats
Résumé :	The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. *Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System. * Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology. * Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic. * Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology. * Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation. * Provides modern molecular biology insights into the mechanistic basis of adaptation, and takes the level of analysis beyond the cell to the membrane, enzyme and gene. * Incorporates more varied material from a wide range of animal types, with less of a focus purely on terrestrial reptiles, birds and mammals and rather more about the spectacularly successful strategies of invertebrates.
Note de contenu :	Hbk;
En ligne :	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023170.html

Environmental physiology of animals [livre] / Willmer, P. ; Stone, G. ; Johnston, I.A.  . -  02 éd. . - Malden : Blackwell, 2005 . - 754 p.
ISBN : 978-1-4051-0724-2
Inventaire 2008: Pointé en rayon le 10/04/2008
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :	Adaptation  Animal physiology  Ecophysiology  Habitats
Résumé :	The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. *Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System. * Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology. * Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic. * Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology. * Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation. * Provides modern molecular biology insights into the mechanistic basis of adaptation, and takes the level of analysis beyond the cell to the membrane, enzyme and gene. * Incorporates more varied material from a wide range of animal types, with less of a focus purely on terrestrial reptiles, birds and mammals and rather more about the spectacularly successful strategies of invertebrates.
Note de contenu :	Hbk;
En ligne :	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023170.html